{"id":71,"date":"2026-07-23T08:58:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/?touriza_city=rome"},"modified":"2026-09-17T14:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:19:38","slug":"rome","status":"publish","type":"touriza_city","link":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/?touriza_city=rome","title":{"rendered":"Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why go<\/h2>\n<p>Rome is not a museum city \u2014 2.7 million people live and argue in it \u2014 but the layers are unusually visible: a 2nd-century temple holding up a 16th-century palazzo holding up a wine bar. Book the big sites, then leave whole afternoons unplanned.<\/p>\n<h2>Five things to do<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rule-list\">\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">01<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>The Pantheon at opening<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Empty for about twenty minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">02<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Appian Way by bike<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Sunday, when the road closes to cars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">03<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Testaccio market<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Then a suppl\u00ec, standing up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">04<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Borghese Gallery<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Two-hour slots, booked weeks ahead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">05<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>The Aventine keyhole<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">A three-country view through a door.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Neighbourhoods<\/h2>\n<div class=\"grid g2\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Trastevere<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Ivy, cobbles and the best evening walk in the city.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Testaccio<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">The old slaughterhouse district, and Rome&#39;s serious food quarter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Monti<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Artisan shops between the Colosseum and Termini.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">EUR district<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Mussolini&#39;s rationalist suburb, oddly compelling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Getting around<\/h2>\n<p>Buy the transport card on arrival \u2014 every city on this list has one, and it is cheaper than single fares within about four journeys. Walking covers more than the map suggests: most of the districts above are within thirty minutes of each other on foot.<\/p>\n<p>Taxis and ride apps are worth it late at night and when you are carrying luggage. Everything else is faster on the metro, the tram or the ferry, in that order.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to eat<\/h2>\n<p>The rule that holds in Rome is the rule that holds everywhere: eat at the busy place, at the hour the locals eat, and order the thing the kitchen makes most of. Reserve for dinner in the districts above; lunch rarely needs it.<\/p>\n<h2>Two days here<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Morning: The Pantheon at opening<\/li>\n<li>Afternoon: walk Trastevere<\/li>\n<li>Evening: Testaccio market<\/li>\n<li>Day two: The Aventine keyhole<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three thousand years, layered rather than replaced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"touriza_continent":[3],"touriza_theme":[],"class_list":["post-71","touriza_city","type-touriza_city","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","touriza_continent-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/touriza_city"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/71\/revisions\/202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"touriza_continent","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftouriza_continent&post=71"},{"taxonomy":"touriza_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftouriza_theme&post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}